Let's get back to our subject at hand: Trees as radiant energy collector

I would like you to have a look at the following:

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Abstract --- An earth battery which includes afirst electrode which is a veined material located in the earth,(a tree for instance) a second electrode electrically connected to the surface of the earth and disposed in a hole which extends from the surface of the earth into the first electrode, an electrolyte disposed in the hole and in contact with the first and second electrodes, and means for electrically connecting the first electrode to the surface of the earth. A seam of coal is preferred as the first electrode. A method of mining metals located in the earth using the earth battery and a method of drilling holes in the earth are also disclosed.

Note: All these great discoverer have succeeded in reverse engineering Nature's work, and here we are trying to re-reverse engineer these great inventions in order to use Nature's Antennas to capture/transmit/converse/transport, and all it takes is the success of one experiment (a small Domino that is reproducible)- To you all Neo-Alchemist of modern times, you may not know it yet, but you are doing Nature's Work.